Chapter 1: Approaches to International Relations

Chapter 2: The Historical Context of Contemporary International Relations

Chapter 3: Contending Perspectives: How to Think about International Relations Theoretically

• CRITICAL-THINKING EXERCISE: Seeing World Politics through the Lenses of Theory

Chapter 4: The International System

• CRITICAL-THINKING EXERCISE: Applying Theoretical Lenses to the Security Dilemma

Chapter 5: The State

• CRITICAL-THINKING EXERCISE: Power and World Politics
• CRITICAL-THINKING EXERCISE: States versus Nations in World Politics

Chapter 6: The Individual

• CRITICAL-THINKING EXERCISE: Decision-making: Individual and Group Influences on Foreign Policy

Chapter 7: Intergovernmental Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, and International Law

• CRITICAL-THINKING EXERCISE: Is International Law really Law?

Chapter 8: War and Strife

• CRITICAL-THINKING EXERCISE: Trends and Patterns in War

Chapter 9: International Political Economy

Chapter 10: Globalizing Issues

• CRITICAL-THINKING EXERCISE: Universal Human Rights? Rights versus Privileges
• CRITICAL-THINKING EXERCISE: Discrimination against Women in Guatemala: The Challenge of Women’s Rights